dlndavid:
Don't you think much of life IS about the money, let's face that.
Do you charge for taking photos at weddings, or do you do this for free?
I'm a software engineer by trade as indicated in my profile. Sure I charge for Weddings, but I do NOT charge clients a fee if they want to promote my business or my work which is a practice that PADI has adopted. Care to comment on that?
dlndavid:
Ok, now I get it you're an environmentalist right? And humans are only a scourge on this earth. As for having to purchase the DVD, see above, you're wrong again.
Actually I try to do my part with conservation, but that really has nothing to do with this topic. PADI indicates that they require that the DVD be purchased. Regardless of if some shops do not require this. If you doubt this, see the PADI website under the requirements for classes where it clearly indicated under the heading "What will I need". So why does PADI require the purchase of a DVD if the material is covered in the books?
dlndavid:
Everybody has their own idea of what cheap is, your opinion of it NOT BEING cheap, IS just YOUR opinion. And I do go back and look at all my manuals from time to time.
My suggestions on manuals stems primarily from the fact that MOST divers I know are once a year divers, who throw out their manuals (generally in the form of GoodWill donations) within a few months of taking OW. The reality is the dispite a booming participation on SB, MOST divers get certified, and then dive once a year or less.
Having a library of manuals has nothing to do with cheap. It has to do with conservation. Preventing the LDS from having a shared library of PADI materials that could be checked out for students is the right thing to do from a conservation standpoint. The ONLY reason PADI would veto this idea (which is hardly mine BTW) is because of $$$. But this violates their own environmental statements. Care to argue THIS point, which has been a cornerstone of what I've been saying for umpteen posts?
dlndavid:
This is not the first time you have pulled this crap on me with your know it all condescending lecture type posting to me, so let's just leave each other alone, as we will never see eye to eye, and it just ain't fun. And that is to set the record straight.
Ciao
The reality is that you attack posters rather than the contents and ideas behind the posts. If you get some grief back in the process it's hardly unanticipated.
You contine to ignore the main discussions here and attack posters, and when people get sick of it, and repent, you cry. If you are going to engauge people, I think you need to grow some skin, and expect them to engauge you back.
Your arguments are illogical, and you dodge the issues that are discussed. So do you care to comment on the issues at hand, or are you willing to admit that you are loosing the debate, and that attacking me is a better option at this time to distract the points that myself and others are making?